Oh man, I feel terrible about writing this, but needs must.
My sister's lived in Singapore for close to two years, and I've visited her pretty often during those two years. I've come to love many Singaporean dishes (And even attempted to recreate them back here in the Philippines), so I was really excited when Wee Nam Kee landed in the Philippines!
Their quality used to be great! People even lined up just to taste the famous Hainanese Chicken Rice that was already making its rounds in the Philippine foodie market (Boon Tong Kee!).
Don't get me wrong, the Hainanese Chicken of Wee Nam Kee was alright. Not much change in the flavor but what really disappointed me was the sudden decline of their famous cereal prawn. They used to be big, and juicy and flavorful but then we ate there just recently, the prawns were sad, had not much meat to them. I think in one order we only had 4 or 5 prawns? And the rest of it were just heads, all drowning in cereal.
All in all a terrible death for one of my favorite dishes from Singapore. Ah, well. On to the next one, I suppose. read more